Bread right out of the ovenJoan, my Canadian friend, makes all their own bread. It fits into the morning’s routine. When she needs a break from her home office, she walks down the hall to the kitchen, measures the ingredients into her bread machine and returns 20 minutes later refreshed, to her desk.
By noon, there’s a fresh loaf of wheat bread ready to make into sandwiches.
Joan kindly shared her recipes with me. No wonder the bread is so hearty – sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, seven-grain cereal.
Back in the Midwest after experimenting a couple of times to get it right, I took some warm thick slices to my German friend and neighbor. Hanna was ecstatic. Dabbing some honey on one corner she took a bite and exclaimed, “Now this is bread!”
“Man shall not live by bread alone.” Just about everybody knows those words, if not their source or even what follows – “But by every word that comes from God’s mouth.”
What originates in God as good and true is more vital to us than even Joan’s hearty bread. What Mind, the intelligence of the universe, has to share with us is more sustaining than food.
What the Life of all being reveals about purpose, caring, and relationships nourishes our hearts. And these days, people’s hearts need good nourishment.
We can hear this nurturing when we are quiet, when we turn from the distractions of the day and silence all the chatter inside our heads; when we listen for what’s important, for what’s eternally true, good, beautiful, and lasting.
By noon, there’s a fresh loaf of wheat bread ready to make into sandwiches.
Joan kindly shared her recipes with me. No wonder the bread is so hearty – sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, seven-grain cereal.
Back in the Midwest after experimenting a couple of times to get it right, I took some warm thick slices to my German friend and neighbor. Hanna was ecstatic. Dabbing some honey on one corner she took a bite and exclaimed, “Now this is bread!”
“Man shall not live by bread alone.” Just about everybody knows those words, if not their source or even what follows – “But by every word that comes from God’s mouth.”
What originates in God as good and true is more vital to us than even Joan’s hearty bread. What Mind, the intelligence of the universe, has to share with us is more sustaining than food.
What the Life of all being reveals about purpose, caring, and relationships nourishes our hearts. And these days, people’s hearts need good nourishment.
We can hear this nurturing when we are quiet, when we turn from the distractions of the day and silence all the chatter inside our heads; when we listen for what’s important, for what’s eternally true, good, beautiful, and lasting.
What is God's message of love for you today?
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